As I outlined last time, Ed and I went out on his birthday to take some photos. He with his Lumix, me with my Canon 6D. I'm going to post one image from each of the section of our shoot - street, landscape, water and wildlife, here so that you get an idea of the sort of day we had. Overall, it was a brilliant day. cold, crisp but with good light - even though the sun was quite low in the sky all day. First was a trip into Chelmsford City for our 'street' shots. Now I have to admit that street work is not one of those shoots I've done any of. Sunsets, water, nature, landscapes abound in my albums. But taking photos on the street? Never. Until now (who says you can't teach an old mongrel new tricks?). We parked near Bond Street and though we were together, we both chose different things to photograph so we were not tied together. This one is one of my favourites from this section and I liked the colours and the shapes. After a rest and a coffee to warm ourselves up a little, we went out of the city and into the countryside. This was was to get the rural landscape in any form that we felt moved too. This is perhaps closer to my natural habitat; so I was looking forward to it quite a lot. The image below is again a favourite one of mine. I have enhanced the image somewhat but I liked the juxtaposition of the man-made in the natural rural setting. I have adjusted this in many ways but this one, with nature being monochrome and the building in colour, just seemed to fit. I didn't erase the pylons but did think about it, and I cogitated for quite a while as to whether to cut the top of the main pylon off (a la David Bailey) as I liked the way the top is out of shot. The texture of the foreground, being reduced to a state of no colour, I really like. You know it is probably green (it is), but everything natural is stripped of colour, only the man-made has that which dominates the scene in a completely different way. Our final trip was to Maldon. We had an expensive cup of hot chocolate (which was lovely nevertheless) and sat in the car for a while while I rested and enjoyed the boon to a bad back which heated seats brings. My love of the water, of seabirds and wildlife really settled upon me and I had a great time here. I took a lot of photos and my portfolio subject became clearer in my mind as the shoot went on. We actually weren't where I had thought to go - but that was no bad thing as we found spaces and places that were new and fresh and cold! This image is one that I like quite a bit. Except for the figure and the bench, I have removed everything else that is man-made. Light bollards, lamp post, anything that didn't fit in with my idea of the shot - with the small figure of the bird aloft in a cold steel sky almost (but not quite) directly above the figure of the woman walking - is very pleasing. I cropped it into an oblong shape to give it width and cropped the tops of the main tree off; something I would never have been 'brave' enough to do before my courses. I left a little colour in the sky and enhanced the green of the grass as well as altering the brightness of that area so it could come through, but I darkened the middle third of the image to create a more silhouette look for the trees and walking figure. I took better ones on the day, but they are being saved for another time! y So there you have it, three of my images of my day shoot with Ed. A great day, one I enjoyed hugely and have reminders to relive it when I might want too.
Next I need to start working in earnest upon my Workbook and Portfolio, so i'll bid you farewell. Take care and keep snapping, Alan
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Alan MitchellI'm always trying to capture that fleeting 'moment' in time -whether by taking a photo or writing a poem. My attempts to capture that illusive feeling, sight, sensation or sound in some way is, to me, magical. Archives
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